There were many great, innovative things that were invented during the Renaissance. The timeline of the inventions of the Renaissance period is given in this article.
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that took place in Europe during the period between 14th and 17th century. The epicenter of this movement was in Florence, Italy, which gradually spread to Rome and the rest of Europe. It was a golden period that lead to development of art, literature, and culture. It is often thought to be a movement that led to the birth of the modern era with modern thinking and perspective. Although the time is better known for its artistic developments as seen by the works of Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, there were many notable inventions during this period. Perhaps one of the most important ones is the printing press, which marked a paradigm shift in education and literature. To elaborate further, the timeline of the inventions of the Renaissance in given in the paragraphs below.
Major Inventions
During the Renaissance, there were many new inventions and discoveries made, which changed the way people worked or looked at things. Some of the everyday things that we use today are the ones invented during that period. They were all truly revolutionary and unique, and the world is what it is today due to them.
| Year | Inventions and Discoveries |
| 1300 | The first mechanical clock. |
| 1366 | Scales for weighing. |
| 1400 | First golf ball was invented |
| 1411 | The trigger for the gun. The first piano called the Spinet invented. |
| 1420 | Oil painting was invented. |
| 1421 | Hoisting gear invented in Florence. |
| 1450 | Lenses for near-sighted people invented by Nicholas of Cusa. |
| 1456 | Printing press by Gutenberg. |
| 1465 | Drypoint engravings invented. |
| 1475 | Muzzle loaded rifles invented in Italy. |
| 1485 | Leonardo da Vinci designed the first parachute. |
| 1487 | Bell chimes. |
| 1494 | Whiskey in Scotland. |
| 1500 | The first flush toilets were invited. |
| 1510 | Pocket watch invented by Peter Henlein. |
| 1514 | Nicolaus Copernicus established the fact that the center of the universe is not the Earth, but the Earth lies near it. |
| 1520 | Ferdinand Magellan became the first European to spot a galaxy in the sky, and he named it “Magellan Penguin”. He also discovered the Magellan Strait. |
| 1568 | Bottled beer was invented in London. |
| 1589 | Knitting machine invented by William Lee. |
| 1590 | Compound microscope invented by Zacharias Janssen. |
| 1593 | Galileo Galilei invented the water thermometer. |
| 1608 | First refracting telescope was invented by Hans Lippershey. |
| 1620 | The first submarine was invented by Cornelis Drebbel. |
| 1624 | Slide Rule was invented by William Oughtred. |
| 1625 | Method of blood transfusion was invented by Jean Baptiste Denys. |
| 1636 | W. Gascoigne invents the micrometer. |
| 1642 | Adding Machine invented by Blaise Pascal. |
| 1643 | Barometer invented by Torricelli. |
| 1650 | The first air pump. |
| 1656 | The pendulum clock was invented by Christian Huygens. |
| 1660 | The cuckoo clock was first made in Black Forest, Germany. |
| 1663 | The first reflecting telescope was constructed by James Gregory. |
| 1670 | Champagne was invented by Dom Perignon. |
| 1671 | The first calculating machine invented by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. |
| 1671 | Sir Isaac Newton publishes his major work, Principia, which contains the three laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation. |
| 1679 | Pressure cooker invented by Denis Papin. |
| 1698 | Steam pump invented by Thomas Savery. |
These were some of the discoveries and innovations during the Renaissance. The list above will help you get a better idea of the chronological order in which they were made. All of these inventions had a great impact in the evolution of arts and science, and are therefore, very significant to mankind.
